Miller, Adams help Kewpies defeat Holt

Wednesday

Jan 30, 2013 at 12:01 AMJan 30, 2013 at 1:00 PM

Bryan Paas

It's nothing out of the ordinary to see Emily Miller's name atop the scoring column after a Hickman basketball game. It would be more unlikely to not see her near the top, even when she's under the weather.

That was the case last night, when Miller and Kendahl Adams each scored 19 points to lead the Kewpies to a 59-15 victory over Holt at Hickman Gym.

"Something's going around, but it didn't stop me," Miller said of her illness.

Midway through the second quarter, Hickman led 17-9. Holt had held the Kewpies scoreless for the 4Ĺ minutes of the period.

"We didn't come out very strong. I don't know why," Adams said.

With the Indians (6-10) looking to pull within six, Miller stepped into the passing lane and stole the ball from Morgan Rose in the corner. She took it the length of the floor to end the Kewpies' scoring drought. On the next play, Miller stole the ball again from an identical spot and got it into the hands of Cherish Walton. Walton was quickly contested by Kami Taouli and dished the ball back to Miller, who was still running hard to the hoop. That sparked a 9-0 run by the Kewpies to close the half.

Hickman's second half started a lot like the first half ended. On the first play, the Kewpies (16-3) worked the ball around with three passes to Ellie Johnson inside for the basket.

"Outside of Emily, we never really seemed to get a rhythm in the first half," Hickman Coach Tonya Mirts said. "That all turned when Ellie decided to assert herself in the middle in the second half. She got a couple of quick buckets, and then they had to collapse on her."

The focus on Johnson allowed Adams to do what she does best: drive to the hole and look for contact. Of Adams' five baskets in the second half, four resulted in three-point opportunities, with Adams completing three of them.

"I love contact," Adams said. "Mirts is on me when I don't finish, so I have to finish."

If there was ever a chance for Holt to come back, it had passed. The Kewpies ended the game on a 33-6 run.

"We have had a lot of stuff going on the last two or three weeks," Holt Coach Sandra Moore said. "We weren't ready to play in the first half. I think we played a little better in the second, but, you know, we have a lot of adjustments we have to make."

Tara Clarice led Holt with four points.

This article was published in the Wednesday, January 30, 2013 edition of the Columbia Daily Tribune with the headline "In sickness and in health: Miller, Adams help Kewpies defeat Holt."

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